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by Change | 5 Feb 2009

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Rehab clinics must treat people in a holistic manner if they are to help patients overcome alcohol addiction, a recovery centre claims.

The holistic approach is necessary when tackling alcohol addiction as services must treat people as a whole, a rehab clinic asserts.

Cliffside Malibu, based in southern California, claims this form of dependency is "a monster of a disease" and it is often a chronic condition.

It advises people suffering with these problems to seek professional help rather than advice from friends, as this will be more effective.

"How do you even contemplate breaking out of the mold of this treacherous path? … Once you have decided for yourself that life must get better, contact the professionals," the rehab centre advises.

It suggests treatments must be tailored to the individual and be personalized if they are to be effective and simply seeking more information is another way of relieving stress.

According to the firm, tackling alcohol addiction as a non-holistic illness would be like treating a hand or foot rather than the disease as a whole.

In other news, research published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research has revealed that chronic drinking, as characterized by a dependency, is more harmful than binge episodes.

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